Manifold-copying device



(No Model.)

L.G. REYNOLDS.

MANIFOLD COPYING DEVICE.

No. 467,019. Patented Jam 12, 1892.

ATTORNEYJ WITNESSES. A [NVENTOR Qfy o ATENT OFFICE.

LEVIS G. REYNOLDS, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

MANIFOLD-COPYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,019, dated January12, 1892,

q Application filed February '7, 1891. Serial No. 380,677; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIs G. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forManifold Copying, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device complete in itself forcopying orders and sales in duplicate, which can be cheaply made,readily folded, conveniently carried, and quickly manipulated,.in theshape of an ordinary one-fold book, and wherein the transferring orcarbon copying-paper hereinafter mentioned is at all times level and inperfect contact with the sheet or part of sheet onto which the duplicateis transferred.

A further object of this invention is to so construct the skeletonbinder that the several separate sheets may be removed one at a timewithout leaving any stub at the point of binding or in any way derangingthe remaining sheets, all of which will be fully set forth in thedescription of the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showing thesales-book closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sales-book open,with the top leaf raised preparatory to folding it over onto theduplicate. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one or more of the sheets, showingthe slit a b. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line a: 0;, Fig. 2. Fig. 5is a plan view of the binding-tongue D with the carbon -sheet attachedthereto. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the sales-book with one of thecovers removed and showing the hinding-tongue inserted through the book.

In the preferred form I make a flexible case B out of card-board,tag-board, or other suitable material, which is to serve as a cover forthe bunch of sheets composing the sales-book. Said case or cover, beingmade of the material mentioned, is flexible and is easily bent or foldedover at the line E F.

The sheets A, composing the book, are slitted at or near the center onthe line a b in the manner shown in Fig. 3. A bunch of these sheets isthen folded over at or near the center on the line E F, which is on theline of the slit a b, and the tapering tongue D, Fig. 5, (preferablywith the carbon-sheet O attached thereto,) is inserted from the insideof the bunch of folded sheets to the outside through the slit a b in theseries of sheets composing the bunch or book, and also through acorresponding slit in the flexible card-board cover before mentioned,all substantially as shown in Fig. 6.

The shoulders G G, as shown in Fig. 5, prevent the binding-tongue D frompassing entirely through the slitted bunch. That part of the bindingtongue D which protrudes above the fold E F is then folded or bent downand glued or attached to the back of one of the folds of the cover, asindicated by the dotted diagram 1' is, Fig. 6.

Thebinding or retaining tongue D, as shown in Fig. 5, is preferably madeof a little less width at its widest part (above the shoulders) G G thanthe slit a b, Fig. 3; The bunch or book thus made is readily folded up,as shown in Fig. 1, can be carried conveniently in the pocket, and whenopened out for use lies flat and smooth, as shown in Fig. 2, with thecarbon or transfer paper lying in close contact with that part of thesheet A which is to receive the impression, the same being true whetherthere be fifty sheets in the bunch or all removed but one.

Instead of having a complete cover B, as shown in Fig. 1, a half-coverof stiff board may be used, which, instead of I folding over and aroundthe bunch or book, may extend only far enough to admit of the tongue Dbeing cemented to it, as shown in Fig. 6. There would thus be formed apad or tablet with a stiff board protection on one side, instead of twocovers, as shown in the book form, Figs. 1 and 2.

Mode of operation: The bunch or book is opened out flat from the center,as shown in Fig. 2. One half of top sheet A isfolded over at the line EF, which is in the same line as the slit to 1), onto the carbon-sheet O,which is preferably blackened on its under side only. Writing which isdone on the top side of sheet A is transferred by the carbon to theother half of sheet A, which is underneath the carbon-sheet O. The userthen presses down on the carbon-sheet with one hand and with the otherhand takes hold of the sheet A, and by giving it a slight jerk it tearsoff at the line E F, each side of the slit a Z), which of course wouldleave both ends of the sheet detached and removable without disturbingany other sheets in the bunch. N o perforations are required, the slit aI) being sufficient to determine the parting of the paper at the desiredpoint. The upper sheet of the bunch is first written upon and thendetached, then the second sheet in the same manner, and so onuntilthebookorbunchisconsumed. Thetongue D and shoulders G G hold theleaves substantially in place, and the carbon-paper always lies insmooth perfect contact with the next unused sheet.

Opening and closing the book imparts no strain on the binding nor uponthe slitted leaves. Should the carbon, by some mishap, be torn out, itmay easily be replaced by pasting another to the stub.

This device Will be a great convenience to the users of the same, whohave hitherto been obliged either to use a separate detachable coverwith wires. springs, elastic bands, or some similar device to hold thesheets in place, or, if used with an attached cover, the leaves werepermanently bound with wire or staples, leaving a double stub in thecenter for each pair of sheets removed, which, besides beinginconvenient, kept the carbon copying-paper (at the top) away from thesheet which would receive the impression.

llaving described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patcut, is-

1. A copying book or pad formed of the cover B, a series of leavesslitted through their center and secured in a book or bunch by a binding-tongueD, said tongue passingthrough the slitted leaves and attached tothe outside of the cover, and the carbon-sheet C for transferring thewritten matter, substantially as described.

2. In a copying pad or book, the carbonsheet 0, attached to abinding-tongue D, having shoulders G G, which hold the carbon inposition between the leaves and bind the leaves together and to thecover, substantially as herein specified.

A copying-pad formed of the carbon-sheet C and the leaves A, slittedthrough their center and secured to a base by the tongue I), havingshoulders G G, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

LEWIS G. REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

'l. SIMMONS, C. W. MILES.

